Château Borély

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The Château Borély is a neo-classical castle-bastide of the eighteenth century, from the Bonneveine district, in the 8th arrondissement of Marseille, in the Bouches-du-Rhône in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur. Associated with the Borély Park and the Marseille Borély Golf Racecourse, it has been listed as a historical monument since 1936, and has hosted the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, de la Faïence et de la Mode since Marseille-Provence 2013 with its rich original décor. The entire Borély estate, with the exception of the already classified castle, is registered by decree of 5 September 2024.

Borély family: Joseph Borély, comes from an important and rich family of maritime traders from Marseille. During the reign of King Louis XIV, he bought on 26 June 1684 at Alzéar d'Antoine, a farm-bastide-farmer and wine estate in the Bonneveine district, on the road of the seafront of Marseille (on the current park Borély and hippodrome-golf Marseille Borély, on the edge of the park Prado, with views of the Mediterranean Sea, islands of Frioul, and castle of If). That same year 1684, his brother François Borély was named the first bishop of Marseilles, a sign of his family success in the...